hey!

I have a question for all those people that have perscription glasses.

Do you
1. Have polarised fit overs that you put over your normal glasses
2. Have 2 sets of glasses, normal perscription and perscription polarised glasses
3. Normal perscription and maybe magnetic clipons..

Looks like I may need normal glasses, so was looking at the options.. I was look at normal glasses with magnetic polarised cover.

your though'ts would be much appreciated.

btw: i do a lot of river sight fishing (when i can see them)
cheers

Like you, i sight fish quite a lot.

As I got older, I needed glasses for reading and then I needed a slight magnification for fairly close up day to day stuff, so i use varifocals for normal wear at work.

Thinking they would be OK for fishing, i had a pair of polarised varifocal glasses made, but found I couldn't get on with them on uneven ground due to having to look down through the high magnification section.

Now I use single vision prescription sunglasses and use flip down magnifiers for tying on flies and sorting tangles. I have one pair for low light and a darker pair fur sunny days

Hope that helps.

Alex
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I too wear varifocals and to begin with used a pair of clip on / flip up polaroids but never really felt comfortable with them.

Subsequently, I've bought a pair of Caccoons and find them to be excellent. Wearing varifocals does mean you have to exercise caution when negotiating steep banks or tricky wading and I tend to take the caccoons off before attempting such feats without the aid of a safety net.

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freestyle hope this if of some help.

i wear glasses all the time and was looking for polarized glasses but did not have a vast amount to spend. so i googled and only 1 name kept returning back to me and on various sites as well. this name was EyeLevel they offer fit over polarized glasses that are great as they help protect a bit more of the eye area as they have side sections and fit snug to the forehead and under the main lens of your main glasses. or you can buy there clip ons that do as they say clip onto your main frame and you can flip them up when not needed.

having found a previous post on here earlier in the week others use Cocoons which i had never heard of or even found on the net as the only one that i got when googled was the EyeLevel which are great. the ones i bought are £19.99 and got to say i am impressed with the quality and build nice light weight and the legs hold tight.
the site i bought my EyeLevel ones from is

http://www.therustyfish.co.uk/sg7.html

and the Cocoon link is
http://www.cocoonseyewear.com/

I wear glasses all the time and have 2 pairs , 1 normal and 1 polarized . I got mine from Specsavers on a 2 for one deal and just made up the money difference for the polarized lenses myself and it didnt come to much

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Cheers Danny

Co-Founder of S.S.F.D 2010

I wear bi-focals and have just had a pair of prescription sunglasses made that are also polarised and photochromatic. They don't go completely light so I have to change to my normal glasses at night but in changing light conditions they are excellent going darker and lighter a the sun appears and disappears. I got them from my optician although at first he said that the lenses weren't available. After assuring him they were he sourced them and now has a pair himself that he found indispensable on his summer holidays, no need to change glasses going in and out the bar from the pool

I don't have a problem walking about mountains with my bi-focals, it is something you can get used to.

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Same as Sweeney Tod, I have a pair of polarised prescription sunglasses from Specsavers buy 1 get one free just paid the difference to treat the lenses.Do the job no problem.

Another vote for the Specsaver's route .. I got a pair of Orisis wrap around with amber polarised prescription lenses that are really first class, cant fault them. I think I paid £60 extra for the polarised option

Cheers
Nigel

this is something that i am looking a just now, what is the best colour of lense to choose for a good all round type thing??

Hi Mate, not answering your question exactly but i use contact lenses and then regular polarized glasses... Although for a while i used to put polarized glasses over my own glasses and then use an elastic band to hold them together... It looked stupid but actually worked very well..